• Hugin@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I remember the add that made me install my first add blocker. It stated playing the sound of knocking on glass and a voice going “Hey You!”. With a looped videoof some guy waving at me.

    Every so often one gets through my blocker and they have only gotten more annoying.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      I remember the add that made me install my first add blocker. It stated playing the sound of knocking on glass and a voice going “Hey You!”. With a looped videoof some guy waving at me.

      I have a similar story. People were fine with ads until they got too obnoxious and intrusive, and now the people making the obnoxious intrusive ads are crying that people are blocking them.

    • jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      15 hours ago

      Yeah, people seem to have mostly forgotten about the forced audio playback that was really prevalent for a while. It was crazy effective because you would have to hint down the actual ad causing the issue on the page to stop it.